One-piece garment



A. K. OBRIEN.

ONE-PIECE GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12 I920.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

(St-riot.

ANNA. K. OBRIEN, OF AUBURNDALE, MASSACHUSETTS.

ONE-PIECE GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Application filed October 12, mm Serial No.. 416,494.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA K. OBRIEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Auburndale, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Qne-Pieee Garments, of which the following 1s a specification.

My invention relates to garments, and more especially to garments of the type known as the one-piece house dress, and its object is to improve and simplify such dress in the manner hereinafter set forth.

My invention may best be understood by having reference to the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a one-piece- Fig. 2 is a side vlew,

,Fig. 3 is a back view, and

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary side view from a point opposite that from which Fig. 2 is taken.

In the particular drawings selected for more fully disclosing my invention, 1 represents the front skirt portion of the garment, 2 the front waist portion thereof, and 3 the back of the entire garment which consists of asingle piece of cloth. The front portion of the waist 2 is athered or plaited as shown at 4 and united to the front portion of the skirt by the seam 5 running along the belt line from one edge of the front skirt portion to the other, as indicated in Fig. 2. The two parts of the garment, viz: the parts 1 and 2, sewed together as aforesaid, and the back portion 3 thereof, are joined together by the seams 6, 7, which, as shown in Figs, 2 and 4, extend from the hem 8 up to the waist line, and thence along the waist to the arm pit, and along the under part of each sleeve 9 to the outer end thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper pieces of the garment are joined together at the upper part of the sleeve by the seams 10 extending from the outer end of each sleeve to the neck.

The front portion of the skirt, which preferably is gored, as shown at 11, is fitted, the front of the waist is gathered or plaited, and the back portion of the skirt and waist hangs straight from the shoulder before the belt, hereinafter described, is buttoned. The sleeves 9 are preferably of the kimono house dress embodying my invention,

"the lacin type and suitable means, such as the lacing 12, are provided for closing the front of the waist.

The garment is provided with a belt cons1st1ng of a front ortion13 stitched thereto along the edges t ereof and at its ends as shown in Fig. 1, and a rear portion 14 having one end only sewed to the garment, as 1nd1cated at 15, the free end being arranged to be secured as by the button 16 to one end of the front portion 13. The free or rear portion of the belt obviously is capable of adjustment as by tucking.

It will be obvious in view of the foregoing that my invention provides a cheap and simple substitute "for the bungalow apron so called, and that it has the advantage thereover of a trim, neat and fitted front without bunchy fullness; and that it may be easily slipped over the head when 12 is loosened and the rear portion 14 o the belt is unbuttoned.

Having thus described particularly one embodiment of my invention, without, however, limiting myself to the specific details set forth, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A one-piece garment comprising a gored closed skirt and a waist, a belt comprising a front portion stitched along the edges thereof and at its ends to said garment and a back portion attached thereto at one end only, and means for securing the free end of said belt to said garment, the front portion of the skirt being fitted and the back portion of the skirt and waist hanging straight from the shoulder before said belt is buttoned.

2. A one-piece garment comprising a closed skirt and a waist, a continuous belt to encircle the waist of the wearer and co'm prising a front portion stitched along the edges thereof and at its ends to said garment and a back portion attached thereto at one end only, and means for securing the free end of said belt to said garment.

3. A one-piece garment comprising a closed skirt and waist, said garment being made up of three pieces of cloth, the front portions of the skirt and waist being united by a seam at the waist line, and the onepiece back of the garment being joined to said front portions of the skirt and waist by seams extending from the hem of the garment to the waist line, and thence along the Waist to the arm pit and along the under part of each sleeve to the outer end thereof, and by seams extending from the outer end of each sleeve along the upper 5 portion thereof to the neck, a belt comprising a front portion stitohed along the edges thereof and at its ends to said garment and In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 11th dzry of Octoher, 1920.

ANNA K. OBRIEN. 

